Asutame

Asutame is the Estonian verb form meaning "we found" or "we establish." It is the present tense form used with a first-person plural subject and comes from the verb asutama, which denotes the action of founding or creating something, such as a company, an organization, a institution, or a settlement. The form governs a direct object that identifies what is being founded.

In usage, asutame appears in formal, administrative, and business contexts. It is used when describing ongoing or planned acts of creation, such as launching a new organization or establishing an entity. The verb can pair with various objects depending on what is being founded, and it is part of the broader family of Estonian -ama verbs, which form their infinitives with -ama.

Example sentences:

- Me asutame kooli. (We establish a school.)

- Nad asutasid uue ühingu. (They founded a new association.)

Etymology and related forms:

Asutama is the infinitive of the verb; related nouns include asutus (an institution or establishment), asutaja (founder), and asutamine (the act of founding). These derivatives reflect the nominalization of the action described by asutama and are commonly used in formal and institutional language.

See also:

asutus, asutaja, asutamine.